Writing A Friendly Letter

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Writing A Friendly Letter
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These are the Georgia Performance Standards met
by the following lesson for second grade ELA2W1
The student demonstrates competency in the
writing process. ELA2LSV1 The student uses oral
and visual strategies to communicate.   ELA2R4
The student uses a variety of strategies to gain
meaning from grade-level text.   ELA2R3 The
student acquires and uses grade-level words to
communicate effectively.   S2CS5. Students will
communicate scientific ideas and activities
clearly.   S2CS1. Students will be aware of the
importance of curiosity, honesty, openness, and
skepticism in science and will exhibit these
traits in their own efforts to understand how the
world works.
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Table of Contents

• Ways to communicate
• Telephone
• Writing letters
• Computers
• Talking
• Parts of a friendly letter
• Heading
• Greeting
• Body
• Closing
• Signature
• Heading
• Greeting
• Body
• Closing
• Signature
• Who am I going to write to?
• Favorite Animal Bar Graph
• Favorite Animal Pie Chart

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What are some ways we communicate?

• Telephone
• Writing letters
• Computers
• Talking

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Parts of a Friendly Letter

• Heading
• Greeting
• Body
• Closing
• Signature

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The heading is the first part of your letter.
The heading is the date. It goes on the top right side of the letter. Look at the example! Example July 12, 2005
July 12, 2005
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The next part of the letter is the greeting.
The greeting goes on the left side of the paper under the heading. It begins with a capital letter and you must put a comma after the greeting.
Example of greeting Dear Sue,
heading
greeting
July 12, 2005 Dear Sue, How are you? I am
having a great summer break. I have been
swimming, riding my bike, and playing with my
friends. What have you been doing? I am excited
for school to start and cant wait to see
you! Your friend, Mary
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What is next?

• the body
• this is the main message of the letter
• each paragraph should be indented
• it should be at least 5 sentences

greeting
July 12, 2005 Dear Sue, How are you? I am
having a great summer break. I have been
swimming, riding my bike, and playing with my
friends. What have you been doing? I am excited
for school to start and cant wait to see
you! Your friend, Mary
heading
body
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• The closing is how you finish the letter. Make
  sure you begin the closing with a capital letter
  and place a comma after the closing.
• Examples
• Sincerely,
• Your Friend,
• Love,

• The signature is the name of the person who wrote
  the letter. The signature goes on the line below
  the closing.
• Example
• Sincerely,
• Miss Bunsold

July 12, 2005 Dear Sue, How are you? I
am having a great summer break. I have been
swimming, riding my bike, and playing with my
friends. What have you been doing? I am excited
for school to start and cant wait to see
you! Your friend, Mary
closing
signature
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Who am I going to write to?

• You are going to choose your favorite animal to
  write to. Then as a class we will create a bar
  graph and pie chart representing our choices.

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These are the animals that the class chose to
write a friendly letter to. Which animal is most
popular? Which animal is the least popular?
What type of graph is this?

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What type of graph is this? Does it show the
same information as the bar graph? How are the
two graphs different and alike? Which one do you
like better?
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Brainstorming
Now that you have chosen the animal you are going
to write to, you need to brainstorm about what
you write about in you letter. Follow this chart
to help you brainstorm. You may include
information about the animals habitat, diet, and
other interesting facts.
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Remember to

• include the five parts of a friendly letter
• capitalize all proper nouns, the greeting, and
  the closing
• indent each paragraph
• write at least 5 sentences
• use neat handwriting, punctuation, and check your
  spelling

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